Icon Painting: State Museum Of Palekh Art

Moscow: Progress Publishing Group, 1994. Hardbound. Red cloth with gilt embossed design and yellow color illustrated dustjacket. 151 pp., 115+ color plates, VG+, bookplate and tiny sticker at base of spine. Item #101175
ISBN: 5010044188

The State Museum of Palekh Art possesses a rich collection of Old Russian paintings and sculptures, iconographic drawings, early printed books, and objects of applied arts (precious frameworks, copper art castings, spinning-wheels, fabrics, etc). Traditional Palekh style of Russian folk painting is done with tempera paints on small items. Palekh is a town about 350 km east of Moscow. This book includes the most outstanding iconographic works executed between the 14th and 20th centuries. Ample annotation text and the essay are in Russian and English.

Price: $29.97

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